Hungary names condition for supporting Ukraine's accession to EU and NATO

The statement was published on the website of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry.

Budapest believes that the rights of the Hungarian minority are being infringed upon in Transcarpathia.

"On the subject of the “disenfranchisement of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine”, Minister Szijjártó said he had turned to Josep Borrell, the EU high representative for foreign affairs, with a request that, when it comes to Ukraine’s possible accession talks, he should make it clear to Kyiv that respect for national rights is one of the most fundamental European values and that the rights of the Hungarian national community should be respected," the press service of the ministry said.

The Hungarian Foreign Ministry considers it  “unacceptable” that 99 Hungarian primary and secondary schools in Transcarpathia were under the cloud of closure from Sept. 1 when 1,300 schools and kindergartens in Hungary had taken in Ukranian refugee students.

• Hungary refused to participate in the EU project to purchase 1 million rounds of ammunition for Ukraine.

• According to media reports, Hungary has blocked a joint EU statement on the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was accused of illegally deporting Ukrainian children.